Lesson 1: Being Intimate with God
"Yet some people accepted Him and put their faith into him. So he gave them the right to be children of God" - John 1:12
Being close to God is one thing to also grown your relationship with others. Here are some of the people I want my relationship with to be stronger.
Mama Kathy- She always makes me smile and she helps me with my problems. She also helps me with my studies
Cousins- They always play with me whenever I am bored. They also let me laugh and I can always trust them to keep my secrets
Friends- They always have fun with me like my cousins. Even though they are far away from me, our relationship is still strong.
Like the other people I love, God's relationship with us is very strong.
1. We are created to have a relationship with God
2. Sin, can separate us from God
3. Jesus died as a substitute to save us.
4. When Jesus died and resurrected, he gave us a relationship with God
I learned that when you have a strong relationship with God, there is nothing that can hurt you because God will protect you.
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Lesson 2: My friend Jesus
"A friend is always a friend, and relatives are born to share our troubles" - Proverbs 17:17
We all have friends. And everyone of them plays a specific role in your life. Like, your neighbor can be the person whom you share your thoughts with. Or your sibling is the person who always makes you laugh. Here are my friend that play an important role in my life.
1. Erin - We always tell stories about each others past.
2. Bea - We always share food with each other.
3. Rachel - We tell each other our insecurities.
4. Ate Kristine - She always makes me laugh
5. Cousins - They always play with me when I have time and they understand if I can't play with them because I have homework.
Then there is one person who is everyone's friend. That is Jesus.
Jesus is our friend because:
1. We can always tell him about what we feel
2. We can tell him our secrets
3. He always looks after us
4. He protects us from any harm
5. He saved us from our sins
I learned that If you think you don't have a friend, Jesus will always be there for you to comfort you and make you happy. He will also help you find friends.
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Lesson 3: Walking with Jesus
"Jesus told us that God is Light and doesn't have any darkness in him. Now we are telling you." - 1 John 1:5
Jesus is always with us wherever we walk. He always protects us from evil.
1. I am scared to go in front of the stage. - I need wisdom from God.
2. I feel alone and not loved by my friends. - God will give his unconditional love.
3. I feel lost in my studies and I don't know what to do. - God will give me keen sense of purpose and direction.
4. I feel like a loner when I enter a new school. - God will give his unconditional love.
5. I feel scared to enter a new school because I will lose all my friends. - God will provide me wisdom.
God and Jesus can do anything to save you They are 2 very marvelous and brilliant people in the world.
I learned that Jesus is always with you wherever you are and he will protect you from evil.
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Lesson 4: Connected to the life source
"I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything without me." - John 15:5
Jesus the vine, is our life support.
Jesus is our savior. And without him, we will have sins for the rest of our lives. Always have Jesus with you and he will protect you from any harm.
Our connection to the vine allows us to bear fruit.
With Jesus we can always trust him to take care of us. But we also need to take care of our branches. The branches, with Jesus, the vine, your attitudes will change and become good attitudes. These good attitudes are called, fruits.
We are under the gardener's care.
If Jesus is the vine and we are the branches, God is the gardener. Jesus and I become a pair that produces fruit that then, the gardener takes. To bear fruit, you go through tough times in your life. This is God's doing. He makes you go through tough times so you can produce more fruit.
We are expected to remain in the vine.
We are always connected to the vine. We need him to go through the tough times in our life. If let go of the vine, it still lives, but we die. God gave his only son to us so that we can have eternal life, and that when you die you will still live. But for you to have eternal life, you must always remain in the vine. Remaining in him is to always follow him. He also gives you strength to hold on and remain in him.
I learned that you should always have Jesus and God with you so that you can go up to heaven and have eternal life.
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Lesson 5: Developing Godly habits
"Do your best to improve your faith. You can do this by adding goodness, understanding, self control, patience, devotion to God, concern for others and love." - 2 Peter 1:5-7
Understanding Habits:
Habits are behaviors that, when done over and over again, you become used to it. How we talk and act are some of the behaviors that we have done. Also, when you are growing up, we also need to grow godly habits.
Habit starts from a DESIRE.
Habit start when you do something frequently. You also need to have the desire to do those habits. For example if you like exercising, you might start the habit of waking up early and going for a jog.
Habit is slowly formed by DISCIPLINE.
When you practice your habit, you can grow better at it. The word Discipline comes from the word, Disciple. This is the same word that is used to refer to the disciples of Jesus.
Habit becomes a pleasure or DELIGHT.
When you finally form your habit, you will begin to like what you are doing. This is how Godly habits form. They build up until you like those Godly habits. Like reading the bible everyday, praying to God and going to church. Godly habits are, also, things that God makes you do to become more close to him and Jesus.
I learned that, I need to be careful of what I'm doing because if I do a bad thing every time, it will become a habit. I need to be careful of what I'm doing so that I won't be in trouble.
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Lesson 6: Knowing God through the Bible
"Help me to understand Your teachings, and I will think about your marvelous deeds." - Psalm 119:27
The word of God tells who God is:
The Bible shows all the marvelous things that God did. When you read it, you know God more.
The Word of God tells you what He has done:
It tells you all the things that God has done way back in time. From the creation to the Resurrection, God has done so many marvelous deeds, you need to read the bible, itself to understand all of those deeds.
The word of God tells what he wants:
As you read the Bible, you must understand what God wants. Even though it does not give a clear image of what God wants, it gives you specific thoughts about it.
The Word of God is where the promises of God are written:
The Bible gives you a list of the promises of God are written. When you read the bible, you can apply some things that you learned in your daily life. This is also the way that God talks to you, showing you the things that he did.
The word of God is a covenant between Him and his people.
Covenant means, an agreement between 2 groups or people. The bible is the covenant between God and his people. He promised to fulfill all the promises written inside of the bible.
The Word of God gives specific directions to very important issues.
The bible does not have all information, it has some information in which you can use to make the right decision. When making decisions in life, make sure you look in the bible before you make your decisions, so that you don't make mistakes.
The word of God gives principles that can be applied to day-to-day life
The Bible is here to help you make decisions. The Bible also tells you how to live your life in the Godly way. God speaks to you through the bible and guides you through your life.
The Word of God is your road map to success:
The Bible has many different things on how to be successful in life. While the world puts you down, the Bible is helping you to get back up. It is one of the marvelous things God has shared with us
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Lesson 7: Talking to God in prayer
"Ask me, an I will tell you the things that you don't know and can't find out." - Jeremiah 33:3
How important prayer is:
1. Prayer is a habit of God's people.
We need to pray always to know God more.
2. Prayer is Communing with God
Prayer is how you say "YES" to God so that people with talk to him. This means that God wants us to pray to him everyday. It is also the way to access his heavenly resources.
3. Prayer is expressing your dependence on God.
Prayer is also how you show God that you trust him in controlling you. When praying, you say to god that You cannot live without him.
4. Prayer demonstrates your faith in God
When you pray you put your faith in God that he will answer you prayers. If you pray sincerely, he will sometimes answer your prayers.
5. Prayer helps you experience the power of God.
When you pray, you see the power of God. It also helps you to remove your unsure choices.
6. Prayer helps you see God for who he is
You pray so that you know God and Jesus more. When he responses to your prayers, you get to know more about him by discovering his miracles and teachings.
7. Prayer helps you receive guidance from God.
We need help from God sometimes. When you pray, you ask information about the decisions you make everyday. This is done by praying to God and focusing on him.
8. Prayer aids you against temptations.
Finally. prayer can be your shield for temptation. When you pray, you are using a very strong weapon to help you fight temptations and the devil.
I learned that you always need to pray to communicate with God and to know more about him and Jesus. Also God will not always answer your prayers. he might answer with a "NO", "YES" or "WAIT"
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